This provocative and absorbing film is far more than a recurring fate of vanquished peoples. It is an incursive and significant slice of World War I history.

The film is a resounding chronicle of a people . . . in this case the Armenians . . . maintaining the continuity of their ancient cultural heritage despite wars, oppressions, and a final attempt at extermination in 1915-16. In this sense, the Armenian experience is for all nations, an object lesson in courage and survival.